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Federal grants in Kentucky's 6th congressional district (KY-06)

Federal grants for work carried out in Kentucky's 6th congressional district totaled $3.2 billion across 2,491 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Affordable Rural Cooperative, with $495 million. The University of Kentucky Research Foundation received the most, $955 million.

Where these numbers come from

This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Kentucky page and recipient pages count by the recipient's address instead. A university based in one district that runs a project in another shows up here under the district where the project runs.

Grants recorded for several districts or the whole state count in no district, so district totals add up to less than the Kentucky total of $110 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.

By year

Federal grants for work in Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021789$649 million
FY 2022778$524 million
FY 2023789$504 million
FY 2024812$585 million
FY 2025681$968 million

Largest programs

The 20 largest, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Affordable Rural Cooperative 10.7582$495 million
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205407$476 million
Education Stabilization Fund 84.42527$193 million
Head Start 93.60013$157 million
Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects 84.21518$107 million
Aging Research 93.86680$106 million
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.10652$90.7 million
Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs 93.27943$83.0 million
Public Housing Operating Fund 14.850171$52.8 million
Smith-Lever Extension Funding 10.5115$49.6 million
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.85929$48.6 million
Veterans State Nursing Home Care 64.0151$47.9 million
Justice Reinvestment Initiative 16.8276$46.0 million
Integrative Activities 47.08333$44.4 million
Cardiovascular Diseases Research 93.83743$43.6 million
Public Housing Capital Fund 14.87275$42.3 million
Health Center Program 93.22412$41.6 million
Fossil Energy Research and Development 81.08915$37.2 million
Military Medical Research and Development 12.42021$35.3 million
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders 93.85337$35.0 million

Largest recipients

Recipients of grants for work in Kentucky's 6th congressional district
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
The University of Kentucky Research FoundationColleges and universities974$955 million
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.Nonprofits2$495 million
Executive Office of the Commonwealth of KentuckyState and local governments410$486 million
University of KentuckyColleges and universities37$169 million
Community Action Council for Lexington-FNonprofits33$153 million
The Council of State Governments LTD.Other33$101 million
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport BoardState and local governments23$79.8 million
Eastern Kentucky UniversityColleges and universities23$64.3 million
Partners for Rural Impact, IncNonprofits14$63.5 million
Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentState and local governments50$61.0 million
Berea CollegeColleges and universities25$55.2 million
Kentucky Department of Veterans AffairsState and local governments1$47.9 million
Bluegrass Community & Technical CollegeColleges and universities17$42.5 million
Lexington-Fayatte Urban County Housing aOther101$32.8 million
Prichard Committee for Academic ExcellenceNonprofits3$30.5 million
Bluegrass Primary Health Care Center, Inc.Other7$21.3 million
Health First BluegrassOther7$21.1 million
Community Ventures Corporation, Inc.Other12$14.5 million
Wilderness Education Project, CorpNonprofits6$14.3 million
Kentucky Science & Technology CorpSmall businesses4$14.1 million

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money goes to Kentucky's 6th congressional district?

$3.2 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 2,491 awards.

What is the largest federal grant program in Kentucky's 6th congressional district?

Affordable Rural Cooperative, with $495 million in 2 awards.

Why is this different from the Kentucky total?

The Kentucky page counts grants by where the recipient is based. This page counts where the work is done, and grants for statewide or multi-district work count in no single district.

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